Upcoming Seminars
Oct. 6th, 3:30 PM
Seminar presented by Mathias DrtonGraphical continuous Lyapunov models offer a new perspective on modeling causally interpretable dependence structure in multivariate data by treating each independent observation as a one-time cross-sectional snapshot of a temporal process. Specifically…
DEN 259
Oct. 13th, 3:30 PM
Seminar presented by Adrian E RafteryThe climate change projections of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are based on scenarios for future emissions, but these are not statistically based and do not have a full probabilistic interpretation. Instead, Raftery et al. (2017) and Liu…
DEN 259
Oct. 20th, 3:30 PM
Seminar presented by Chris HarshawFrom clinical trials and public health to development economics and political science, randomized experiments stand out as one of the most reliable methodological tools, as they require the fewest assumptions to estimate causal effects. Adaptive…
DEN 259
Academic Job Opportunities
Assistant Professor in Statistics
Applications are invited for a Full-Time Tenure-Track Assistant Professor position in the Department of Statistics at the University of Washington. This appointment is for a full-time position with a 9-month service period (September 16 - June 15) and an anticipated start date of September 16, 2024. We encourage applicants whose interests align with our commitment to fostering diversity and inclusivity to apply. All UW faculty engage in teaching, research, and service.
Washington State Law requires that this ad list a binding salary range. The base salary range for this position will be $11,668 - $14,446 per month on a 9-month basis ($105,012 - $130,014 annually), commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.
Assistant Teaching Professor in Statistics
Applications are invited for a non-tenure track Assistant Teaching Professor position in Statistics. This is a full-time position with a 9-month service period (September 16 – June 15), commencing no earlier than September 16, 2024. The successful candidate will be expected to teach at both introductory and advanced undergraduate levels, and to engage in a thoughtful and modern approach to statistical pedagogy.
The Department of Statistics at the University of Washington (UW) is a nationwide leader in statistics research and education. The successful candidate will join a growing group of over 25 full-time faculty members who are deeply involved in growing and diversifying the data science and statistics curriculum offered by the department.
Acting Assistant Professor in Statistics
Applications are invited for a non-tenure track Acting Assistant Professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Washington. This is a full-time position with a 9-month service period (September 16 - June 15) and an anticipated start date of September 16, 2024.
The Department of Statistics is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive academic community. All University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research and service. We encourage applications from individuals whose backgrounds or interests align with this commitment.
Lecturer Part-Time - Temporary
Applications are invited for a Lecturer Part-Time - Temporary position in the Department of Statistics at the University of Washington.
This appointment is for a part-time temporary position, with either a quarterly (September 16 - December 15 for Autumn quarter, December 16 - March 15 for Winter quarter, or March 16 - June 15 for Spring quarter) or a 9-month (September 16 - June 15) service period, depending on departmental needs.
Statistics Graders and Tutors
Applications are invited for Graders and Tutors in the Department of Statistics at the University of Washington.
These are hourly appointments open to both undergraduate and graduate students. Appointments are made on a quarterly basis. Current pay rates can be found here.
Graders provide diverse services as course assistants. Duties typically include grading student papers and examinations, consultation with instructors and other duties as assigned.
Tutors provide support and guidance to further undergraduate Statistical education in all introductory Statistics courses. For more information on this program, please visit this page.
Research Papers
F. Richard Guo, Qingyuan Zhao
Published 9/12/2023
Confounder selection, namely choosing a set of covariates to control for confounding between a treatment and an outcome, is arguably the most important step in the design of observational studies. Previous methods, such as Pearl's celebrated back-door criterion, typically require pre-specifying a causal graph, which can often be difficult in practice. We propose an…
Yikun Zhang, Alexander Giessing, Yen-Chi Chen
Published 9/12/2023
This paper is concerned with inference on the conditional mean of a high-dimensional linear model when outcomes are missing at random. We propose an estimator which combines a Lasso pilot estimate of the regression function with a bias correction term based on the weighted residuals of the Lasso regression. The weights depend on estimates of the…
Alexander Giessing
Published 9/3/2023
In this paper we develop non-asymptotic Gaussian approximation results for the sampling distribution of suprema of empirical processes when the indexing function class $\mathcal{F}_n$ varies with the sample size $n$ and may not be Donsker. Prior approximations of this type required upper bounds on the metric entropy of $\mathcal{F}_n$ and uniform lower bounds on the variance of $…
Recent News
The Department of Statistics at the University of Washington is firmly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. To this end, during the academic year 2023-2024, we are running the pre-…
Abel Rodriguez, Professor and Chair of Statistics, will serve as a speaker/panelist for the ASA Committee on Funded Research & JEDI Outreach Group sponsored Webinar: Funding Justice, Equity,…
We are pleased to announce that Jon Wakefield, Professor of Statistics and Biostatistics, has received 5 years of grant funding support from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child…